Benjamin Bernsteen

Building and testing embedded, optical, robotic, and electro-mechanical systems.

Hands-on hardware, experimental validation, and systems that connect physical behavior to measured evidence.

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TRACE / INTERACTIVE MOVE TO PROBE · Y = GAIN

03 / FilterUseful behavior is separated from noise.1.00× GAIN

01 / FEATURED WORK

Four systems. Evidence first.

Each case study separates Ben’s contribution from team results and labels what is verified, conceptual, or still awaiting physical validation.

P-01Research Contribution

Optics & Research

Self-Aligning Focusing Schlieren Research

Evaluate an optical diagnostic system that makes otherwise invisible density gradients in a flow observable and spatially selective.

My role: Undergraduate researcher supporting optical alignment, analytical evaluation, and experimental visualization tests.
Evidence: Connected analytical optical relationships with alignment decisions and recorded experimental imagery.

MATLABOptical alignmentLenses

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P-02Completed

Robotics

FTC Team 16255 Minerva Warriors

Integrate reliable competition robot hardware for rapid specimen handling under strict match-time and field constraints.

My role: Hardware Captain contributing to robot hardware, electro-mechanical integration, iterative testing, and competition diagnosis.
Evidence: Team developed a five-specimen autonomous routine and a system capable of up to 17 cycles; ranked approximately #43 worldwide during the relevant period.

Robot hardwareElectro-mechanical integrationAutonomous testing

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P-03Completed

FPGA & Digital Logic

FPGA Traffic-Light Intersection Controller

Sequence a two-direction intersection in hardware while making conflicting green outputs structurally impossible.

My role: Designed the control logic in Verilog, mapped outputs to physical LEDs, and validated behavior in simulation and on a Terasic DE10-Lite FPGA.
Evidence: Implemented mutually exclusive traffic phases and checked the sequence through simulation and physical output behavior.

VerilogFinite-state machinesTerasic DE10-Lite

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P-04Prototype

PCB Design

Ultrasonic Sensor and Servo PCB

Create a compact, documented interface for directional distance measurement using an ultrasonic sensor, servo, and microcontroller.

My role: Created the schematic and PCB layout, checked electrical and layout rules, added copper zones, and prepared manufacturing outputs.
Evidence: Completed the design files and manufacturing-output preparation; fabrication and full hardware validation are not claimed.

KiCadArduinoHC-SR04

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02 / CREDIBILITY

Capabilities tied to work.

EducationFlorida State UniversityElectrical Engineering

ResearchOptical diagnosticsAlignment · MATLAB · imaging

HardwareRobotics integrationFTC Hardware Captain

DigitalFPGA + PCBVerilog · Quartus · KiCad

DirectionTest + instrumentationAerospace · embedded · controls

03 / ABOUT + CONTACT

Let’s make things that work.

Ben is an Electrical Engineering student at Florida State University interested in the point where electronics, robotics, instrumentation, experimental research, and aerospace hardware have to be built, debugged, and validated as one system.

benbernsteen@gmail.com↗

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